Questions tagged [studs]
Vertical member in wall framing.
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Y'all, how to I fix this recessed medicine cabinet framing?! 😭
Good people of Home Improvement StackExchange, what is behind my walls looks nothing like the lovely Home Depot DIY video of installing a recessed medicine cabinet!😭
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I hit metal inside wooden stud
I'm about to install a new outlet. Whe drilling horizontally through a vertical stud, I hit something metal. The location of the stud very low to the ground, behind my baseboard. This is between two ...
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Stud finder continuously beeping in garage but not inside house
I am trying to find the studs in my garage. When I use the stud finder it continuously beeps. But when I test the walls inside the house it works properly. What is the reason and solution?
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Can I setup new electrical combo panel on new retrofit wood?
I am working on changing electrical panel.
Our current panel is a flush panel, the self-supported mast penetrates up the 1ft wood beam, so we intend to use the same penetration hole, instead of ...
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How can I add insulation to a brick and plaster century home?
We just bought a old house built in 1910. The house seems built as brick load bearing. We broke plaster away along the side of a window, and there are no studs, just old wood strips and plaster on top....
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How big of a notch/hole in a stud can a stud shoe support?
A load bearing 2x4 stud can only be notched 25% of its width. If it's more, my understanding is that a stud shoe can be used to reinforce it. But what's the limit for a stud shoe? If it's 80% notched, ...
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How should I mount a television on metal studs already bearing weight on the other side?
Looking for a sanity check on a wall mount that I'm considering for a 55" television.
The TV and the mount I intend to use weigh about 45 pounds total, and the mount will be able to fasten to two ...
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Conversion from wood stud hardware to metal stud/toggle bolts?
I currently am looking to install some shelf mounts that come with #10x1.8 in screws to drill into wood studs. Two mounts have a 55 lb weight capacity. Our walls have metal studs, so I need to use ...
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Studs above fireplace 20” apart; can I attach a large piece of wood on the wall there & mount things to the wood? [duplicate]
I’m doing the cardinal sin of mounting my TV above the fireplace, BUT I bought a motorized mount that lowers the tv down to an ergonomic/comfortable height. We also don’t use the fireplace so there ...
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Mounting a doorway pullup/chinup bar on the wall above the doorway instead [closed]
I've had a Tunturi Deluxe Pullup Bar mounted in this doorway for many years and would really like it to be much higher (like 20 cm above the door moulding, almost so that the upper side touches the ...
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Tried mounting a tv and stud caused drywall to bow
So my house was built in 2023 using wood studs. Tried mounting a tv I’ve mounted a 1000 times in previous homes and found that as I was drilling the nail into the stud the stud started to push the ...
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Drilled 3/4" hole through shortened stud above door, is that an issue? [duplicate]
I wanted to add a junction box on the outside of my garage and started drilling a hole from the outside. For aesthetic reasons I chose to drill above a door (centered horizontally with the door). I ...
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I live in an an older apartment complex, and the walls are painted every time a tenant moves out. Could this make it hard to find a stud?
I live in an older apartment complex. The walls are painted every time a tenant moves out of the apartment. Could it be that the multiple layers of paint are making it difficult for me to find a stud ...
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Studs not flush with bottom or top plates. How big of a deal is this?
See photo. A few of my studs hang over my top/bottom plates by about 1/16th of an inch. Will this be a problem when I go to drywall? Should I glue some drywall shims to those deeper areas before ...
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Can I drill a metal plate next to my window?
I hit metal while drilling a hole next to a window. The identical house next to mine is at the pre-drywall stage, so I took a picture of the window area. I suspect the thing I'm hitting is called a ...
